Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts

The house Mei Fang’s family bought in Baizhou City had already been renovated, which meant that this could very well be Mei Fang’s last summer vacation spent in Baimei County as a student.

However, Mei Fang didn’t even have much time to bid farewell to his hometown properly because Jiangcheng NOHS required students from the county to attend a summer camp and report to school at the end of July.

In addition to that, their parents were discussing the matter of whether their children should be day students or live in the dormitory.

The two mothers, Xiang Xiaoxia and Teacher Yu believed that the children should obediently stay in the dormitory, but the other two fathers disagreed. Xia Xun thought that being a day student would be more convenient, and they could hire someone to help with cleaning, laundry, and cooking. Mei Lijun also agreed with him and said that Mei Fang could definitely help protect the two girls.

The Lin family currently belonged to the neutral side, and Lin Guochuan and Liang Meijuan would only make a decision after reaching a deadlock.

Xia Yuan hardly expressed her opinion in this matter because she and Lin Youxi were specifically instructed by Mei Fang not to show too much excitement towards their fathers’ words about renting a house. Otherwise, their parents would suspect their true motives, and Xia Yuan agreed to this.

From the current situation, the momentum was favoring their fathers.

In the limited time they had, the trio also bid farewell to their respective friends.

Mei Fang also took advantage of this rare opportunity to act like a child and invited Zhang Ming to go to an internet cafe to play games.

“Why wouldn’t I? You, the student of the science experimental class, also come here often. You’re already a platinum member of this internet cafe.”

Zhang Ming scratched his head. “I often come here because I don’t have a computer at home.”

Mei Fang sighed after hearing that. “Why didn’t you say so earlier? I have a computer at home.”

“I wouldn’t dare to go to your house… Isn’t our Class Monitor always there?”

“You should have said so earlier. Are you afraid of our Class Monitor?”

“Not really… Oh, watch me drift! First, first, first, first—yes! I’m amazing!”

Zhang Ming shouted happily.

Caught up in the excitement, Mei Fang couldn’t help but ask Zhang Ming, “By the way, how are you doing in the science experimental class now?”

“It’s just alright… I’m doing my best every day, and the class is full of geniuses.”

“I was quite surprised that you were able to get into that class. After all, when I was in the advanced class, your usual ranking and scores were a bit below the required level for the science experimental class.”

Mei Fang nudged Zhang Ming’s arm. “Is it because of someone’s influence?”

“Yeah… it is because of someone.”

“I can’t believe you admitted it so quickly!” Mei Fang was a bit surprised. Based on his understanding of Zhang Ming as a friend in his previous life, Zhang Ming was not someone who was open about these things. “What happened to your tsundere attitude?”

“What tsundere attitude? Get lost.”

Zhang Ming couldn’t help but complain, “That person is you.”

“Huh? Me? Isn’t it Lu Xueqing?”

“Why are we talking about Lu Xueqing now?” Zhang Ming rolled his eyes at Mei Fang and said, “I thought that since it’s impossible to surpass our Class Monitor, I always thought that someday I would surpass you, but you left the advanced class before giving me that chance, saying you wanted to attend Jiangcheng NOHS.”

Zhang Ming continued, “Then I thought, since you would definitely pass the entrance exam, I would never be able to surpass you too. But at least I could make some breakthroughs in the science experimental class… What the heck with that expression on your face?”

“Sorry… I didn’t know you were working so hard just to catch up with me.” Mei Fang let out a long sigh. This kid really still had no interest in girls after all.

“Teacher Li Shibing always praised the two of us together, but I never achieved better grades than you. Finally being able to enter the science experimental class was a kind of relief.”

While Zhang Ming continued preparing for another game, he suddenly sighed. “After moving to Baizhou City, will you still come back to Baimei County for the Lunar New Year?”

Mei Fang raised an eyebrow playfully. “Are you going to miss me?”

“Get lost, you’re disgusting. I was just casually asking.”

“Of course, I’ll come back. When the time comes, I’ll find you to play games.”

“OK, as long as I don’t die from studying in the science experimental class, I’ll definitely meet up with you.”

“Before I leave, I didn’t prepare anything to give you, so let me draw a limited edition Black Knight Z7^[1] for you.”

“Damn, when did you become so rich?”

Mei Fang smiled mysteriously. “Never pry into the family background of your classmates.”

“Alright, I won’t ask,” Zhang Ming nodded. “You need to spend game coins to draw this gacha, and there’s no guarantee you’ll get it.”

“Isn’t it painful to just watch others drive nice cars without being able to play with them yourself?”

“Well, I’ll have money to buy it when I grow up…”

Mei Fang gave Zhang Ming a strong elbow. “You don’t understand anything. Right now, you like playing racing games, but once you’re in high school, you’ll be playing Dota.”

“No way, I can play racing games for ten years.”

“Well, I won’t bother arguing with you.”

Mei Fang went to the internet cafe counter and confidently bought ten 100-yuan face value Tiancity^[2] cards. Under the collective gaze of the internet cafe kids, he helped Zhang Ming top up his account.

“Damn, you’re so rich… You don’t need that much! I can get what I want with just one card.”

“Then you give it a try.”

100 yuan is equivalent to 1000 game coins, enough for 50 draws.

“What a garbage Tiancity is! It should just go bankrupt. What the heck did I draw, rotten fish and shrimp?!”

Mei Fang patted Zhang Ming’s shoulder. “See, I knew you’d react like this… Gacha games are like that, they heavily rely on luck. My luck is much better than yours.”

“I don’t believe it. It’s your money, so you do the drawing.”

Mei Fang spent 700 yuan before finally drawing the Black Knight 7Z. The little kids at the internet cafe were stunned into silence.

“Damn, this company’s gacha system is so scammy. How is it still in business after more than a decade? It’s ridiculous.”

“It’s only been operating for five or six years, not more than a decade…”

Zhang Ming stared at his new car with joy, and Mei Fang patted his shoulder and said, “Hurry up. Give it a try and drive it.”

“Alright!”

Mei Fang truly envied people like Zhang Ming. After all, he was fortunate enough to have a generous and excellent friend like himself during his student days, fulfilling his youthful dreams.

In his previous life, Mei Fang could only watch others show off in games. When he played Maplestory and topped up 10 yuan, someone stole his account. He never got past level 10 in QQ Fantasy^[3] and eventually had to take refuge in MOBA games.

Did Mei Fang really not like MMOs back then?

No, he was just poor!

He didn’t want to be a plaything for the whales.

From a young age, Mei Fang understood that as an ordinary player, he was often just one of many players used to enhance the gaming experience of the paying whales. The talent and instincts he exhibited also led him to eventually give up his university undergraduate studies in electrical engineering and automation, and instead dedicate himself to the gaming industry.

Now, he helped Zhang Ming achieve his youthful dream like a hero, but in his previous life, such a heroic friend never made an entrance for him.

Ah, I was so pitiful…

While Mei Fang was lost in his thoughts, someone pulled his ear from behind. Xia Yuan and Peng Xue, the two beautiful girls made an entrance.

“Ah Fang! You naughty boy! What are you doing playing at the internet cafe?! And you’ve influenced Zhang Ming too?”

“What the heck…It wasn’t me who brought him, right?”

“No, you invited me here…” Zhang Ming, feeling guilty, looked at the computer screen with his Black Knight 7Z and muttered.

You traitor! You’re already backstabbing your teammate.

“Alright, Zhang Ming, stop playing and log off.”

Peng Xue urged him by patting his head. Zhang Ming had actually interacted with Peng Xue before in the advanced class, but they weren’t very close. He felt pressure in front of the outgoing Peng Xue, so he obediently quit the game and settled the bill.

After Mei Fang and Zhang Ming were called out, they saw Yue Xinyi, Lin Youxi, and Guo Yun waiting outside the internet cafe. As soon as Mei Fang and Zhang Ming came out, they were met with Yue Xinyi’s disgust.

“You boys smell like cigarettes, it’s so unpleasant. This internet cafe is so polluted.”

“There’s nothing we can do. There are smokers everywhere here…” Zhang Ming scratched his head. “So where are we going now?”

“To Wuzu Temple^[4]. Didn’t Mei Fang tell you?”

“What? He only invited me out to play games.”

“We played games, and now we’re going to Wuzu Temple. Isn’t that great? After gaming, we can take a walk. It’s nice, isn’t it?”

“Alright then…Mei Fang, you’re really a good guy.”

He then sighed helplessly. “You know, I only have a short amount of time to come play…”

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